Pass tray equipment



March 3, 1953 E. c. HANSON PASS TRAY EQUIPMENT 2 SHEETS--SHEET 1 Filed April 3, 1948 FIG-=5 El j IN V5 70!? [OW/4P0 C. HANSON 8 b- @M A TTO/P/VF Y Patented Mar. 3, 1953 PASS TRAY EQUIPMENT Edward 0. Hanson, Minneapolis, Minnsassignor to Protection Equipment 00., Inc., Minneapolis, Minn, a. corporation of Minnesota Application April 3, 1948, Serial No; 18,762

5 Claims. (Cl. 109-19) The present invention has. relation to a pass tray equipment of the so-called bandit barrier type.

.An object of the invention is to provide a pass tray equipment which will be of new and improved construction.

A further object is toprovide a pass tray equipment wherein will be incorporated desirable and improved features andcharacteristics novel both as individual entities of the equipment and in combination with each other.

And a furtherobject is to provideaa passtray' equipment of construction as hereinafter set forth.

With the above objectsin view, as wellas others which will appear as the specification proceeds, the invention. comprises the construction, arrangement and combination of. parts as now to be fully described andasihereinafterto be .specifically claimed, it being understood that the dis closure herein is merely. "illustrative and intended in no wayin a limiting sense, changes in details of constructionand arrangement 01' parts being.

permissible as long as within the spiritof. the invention andithe scopeoi the claims which follow.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of "a pass tray equipment made according. to the invention as when applied to -use;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view, taken as on line 2- 2 in Fig, 5, of a housing of the equipment disclosing a pass tray with appurtenances of said equipment in exterior end elevation and partially broken away;

Fig.8. isanenlarged interior end elevational view of the equipment, partially: in section: and partially broken away? Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view corresponding generally with the disclosures of Figs; 5 and 6,

but showing thepass trayas whenin a position between its innermost and outermost positions; Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, taken as online 5-5 inFig. 2, showing saidpass tray as when in its innermost position, a drawer pull on the pass tray being omitted; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal sectional view, taken as on line 6-5 .inFig. 2; showingthe pass tray aswhen in its outermost position, the drawer pull being omitted.

Speaking generally, the new and improved pass tray equipment consists of an open ended housing-H) and a pass tray ll slidably mounted insaidopen ended housing. Whenthe passtray equipment is applied to use, an intermediate porexample, as steel.

2 tion of the housing I0 is rigidly supported in a wall such as [2 with an exteriorend'otszaidqhouw ing. situated at or beyond an outer surface of said wall and an interior end portion of the housing situated interiorly of the wall, about asdisclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The wall 12 includes a portion thereof in surrounding relation to the housing Ill having a horizontally disposed, rectilinear opening 13 fixedly containing said housing and lined at its outer and inner sides by bullet resistant steel plates indicated I 4. Above the steel plates I4 said wall I2 isconstituted as thick bullet proof resistant glass |5.. .An operator; say, for instance,

.a teller; of the equipment will besituated within a building of which the wall i2 is a part, a customer intending to transact business with the operator will. be at the outer sideof said wall adjacent the equipment, and the glass IE will be transparent so that the operator and customer can be visibleto each other.

The open ended housing 10 is of rectilinear configuration as shown, and said housing can consist of any rigid material suitable to its purpose, such for example, as stainless steel. It is evident that the housing should be both bullet proof and weather proof.

Said housing i0 is constituted as a. unitary structure the exterior end portion of which is defined by spaced apart, parallel, horizontal upper andlower walls, denoted lfiand 1, respectively, and spaced apart, parallel vertical side walls, represented l8, l8. The interior end portion of the housing is constituted as a continua. tlon of the lower wall I1 and continuations of lower-parts of the side walls [8, I8. Stated otherwise, the interior end portion of'the upper. wall 16 :is cut away as at l9, and upper parts of the interior end portions of the side walls l8, l8 are cut away as at 2!], 20.

Spaced. apart, longitudinally extending supporting railsin the housing In are designated 2|, 2|. Said supporting rails 2|, 2| can be of any material suitable to their purpose, such, for There is a supporting rail 2| rested. upon and secured to the innerupper'surface of the lower wall ll of said housing In at each of its opposite sides in contiguous relation to inner lowersuriaces of the side walls I8, [8, and saidsupporting rails extend. the full length of said lower wall.

A transversely extending lower bar upon and secured to the inner upper surface 01' the lower wall ll, between the supporting rails 2|, 2|, is denoted 22. Said transversely extending lower bar 22 can be of any material suitable to its purpose. As disclosed, the transversely extending lower bar 22 is within the confines of the exterior end portion of the housing II) in considerably closer relation to the cut-away portion [9 than to the exterior end of said housing. The upper surface of the transversely extending lower bar 22 is situated at about the elevation of the upper surfaces of the supporting rails 2|, 2

A U-shaped piece includes a transversely extending upper bar 23 upon and secured to the inner lower surface of the upper wall I6, directly above the transversely extending lower bar 22, and spaced apart, vertical bars 24, 24 upon and secured to upper portions of the inner surfaces of the side walls l8, l8 and in vertical alinement with said lower and upper bars 22 and 23. The lower ends of the spaced apart, vertical bars 24, 24 terminate at a location about midway between the lower and upper bars 22 and 23 in the dis- .closure as made. The U-shaped piece can consist of any material suitable to its purpose.

, The exterior and interior surfaces, respectively, of .the transversely extending upper bar 23 and the spaced apart vertical bars 24, 24 are situated in vertical planes disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing It and constitute stops for arresting or limiting the extent of outward and inward sliding movement of the pass tray H in a manner which will be set forth.

' The exterior end of the housing It! is effectively closed by an openable door 25 having its lower edge portion hingedly supported, as at 26, within the exterior end portion of said housing upon its lower wall. A spring device 21 normally .retains the door 25 in its closed condition, and the construction and arrangement will be such that said door when in closed condition will be situated well within the confines of and in perpendicular relation to the housing, about as disclosed in Fig. 5. The door 25 can be of any vmaterial suitable to its purpose. Desirably, said door can be of stainless steel.

The pass tray H is of general rectilinear configuration. It is constituted as a hollow body of any material, such as stainless steel, suitable to its puropse containing a filler material 28. An interior end portion of the hollow body of said pass tray is defined by spaced apart, parallel,

horizontal upper and lower walls, indicated 22 and 30, respectively, spaced apart, parallel, vertical side walls, designated 3|, 3| and a transversely extending interior end wall 32 integral or rigid with said upper, lower and side walls. An exterior end portion of said hollow body of the pass tray is constituted as a continuation of the lower wall 30, continuations of the side walls 3|, 3|, a concave member 33 integral or rigid with and set into the upper wall 29 and a transversely extending exterior end wall 34 integral or rigid with the lower and side walls 38 and 3|,

3! and with a portion of the upper wall 29 at the side of the concave member 33 adjacent said exterior end wall 34. Said concave member 33 is situated close to the exterior end of the pass tray beneath the upper wall 28 of its hollow body and constitutes an upwardly opening compartment of said pass tray for receiving articles such, for example, as money, negotiable instruments, checks, etc. The filler material 28 desirably can be constituted as sponge rubber.

Each of the spaced apart, parallel, vertical side walls 3|, 3| suitably and conveniently sup- .ports a plurality of horizontally alined, spaced apart rollers, each denoted 35, situated at the outer side of the corresponding side wall, and rollers 35 at the opposite sides of the pass tray are in the same plane and oppositely disposed rollers are in alinement in direction transversely of said pass tray.

The pass tray has width somewhat less than a measurement representing the distance between the side walls I8, l8 of the housing l0 and depth somewhat less than a measurement representing the distance between the upper and lower walls I6 and I! of said housing, and said pass tray is adapted to be freely received in the housing to be slidable therealong with the oppositely disposed rollers 35 on the pass tray rested upon the supporting rails 2|, 2| in adjacent spaced relation to said side walls l8, I8. The construction and arrangement is such that the rollers support the pass tray so that its lower portion is elevated a trifle above the upper surfaces of the supporting rails 2|, 2 Longitudinally extending guide rails 36, 36 upon the outer surfaces of the vertical side walls 3|, 3| of the pass tray, situated above and in clearing relation to the rollers and below and in clearing relation to the lower ends of the vertical bars 24, 24, include outersurfaces situated outwardly of outer portions of said rollers in clearing relation to the side walls I8, |8 of the housing Ill. The obvious purpose of said guide rails 35, 36 is to limit sidewise movement or play of the rollers thus to insure that said rollers will remain in their intended positions upon the supporting tracks 2|, 2|.

A longitudinally extending, centrally arranged bar 3'! secured to the lower surface of the lower wall of the hollow body of the pass tray extends from end to end of said hollow body. Said longi tudinally extending bar 3'! is situated to be slidable in a transverse slot 43 in the upper surface of the transverse lower bar 22 with movement of the rollers 35 along the supporting rails 2|, 2|.

The interior end wall 32 of the hollow body of the pass tray rigidly supports a rectangular plate 33 situated at the inner side of the interior wall and including portions which project at each of the four sides of said hollow body. Said rectangular plate 33 is cut away to clear the supporting tracks 2|, 2| and its overall dimensions are such that it can be snugly, slidably received within the interior end of the exterior end portion of the housing Ill. The construction and arrangement will be such that outward movement of this rectangular plate, and hence outward movement of the pass tray, will be arrested by engagement of its projecting portions with the interior surfaces of the transverse lower and upper bars 22 and 23 and vertical'bars 24,24. A drawer pull upon the rectangular plate 38 is represented 39.

The exterior end wall 34 of the hollow body of said pass tray rigidly supports a, rectangular plate 40 situated at the outer side of said exterior wall and including portions which project at the upper and opposite sides of said hollow body. The construction and arrangement will be such that said rectangular plate 40 can be snugly, slidably received within the exterior end portion of said housing I 2 and also such that inward move-.

'ment of this rectangular plate, and hence inward movement of the pass tray, will be arrested by engagement of its projecting portions with the exterior surfaces of the transverse upper bar 23 and vertical bars 24, 24.

The rectangularplates 38 and 40 desirably can be of stainless steel.

A lower portion of the exterior surface of the rectangular plate 48 rigidly supports, as at 4|, a door opener 42 constituted as an exteriorly projecting element disposed at the longitudinal center of said rectangular plate. An upper part of the door opener or exteriorly projecting element 42 is substantially horizontally disposed, a lower part or said door opener or exteriorly projecting element is curvilinear and extends. downwardly and rearwardly and the rearward end of said curvilinear, lower part is inrthe horizontal plane of the longitudinally extending bar 31 and. contiguous with the forward end of said longitudinally extending bar. The door opener can desirably be of stainless steel.

The manner in which the pass tray equipment is adapted to function will be apparent. Longitudinal sliding movement of the pass tray will be accomplished by a person at the interior side of the equipment. In. Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings, the pass tray is at its innermost position with the rectangular plate 40 up against the exterior surfaces of the upper and vertical bars 23, 24, 24 and. the concave member 33 at the interior side of the wall 12. In Fig. 4 the pass tray surfaces of the lower, upper and vertical bars 22, 23, 24, 24 and the concave member 33 at the exterior side of said wall I2. Stated diiferently, in Figs. 1 and 5 the compartment which the concave member 33 provides is situated interiorly of the interior end of the exterior end portion of the housing [0, and in Fig. 6 said compartment is situated exteriorly of the exterior end of said housing.

What is claimed is:

l. A pass tray equipment comprising an open ended housing adapted to be rigidly fitted in an opening through a wall with its exterior end contiguous with an outer side of said wall and its interior end open to an inner side of said wall, a pass tray slidably supported in said housing including an article receiving compartment adapted to be situated at the outer side of said wall and housing in response to outward sliding movement of the pass tray and to be situated to be accessible at the inner side of said wall in response to inward sliding movement of said pass tray, a self-closing door pivotally mounted within said exterior end of said housing for movement to an open position when said pass tray is slid in outward direction and im- J pinges on said door and to move to close said housing when said pass tray is slid in inward direction to position clear of said door, and means for limiting the extent to which said pass tray can be slid both outwardly and inwardly.

2. A pass tray equipment comprising an open ended housing adapted to be rigidly fitted in an opening through a wall with its exterior end contiguous with an outer side of said wall and its interior end open to an inner side of said wall, a pass tray supported in said housing for sliding movement longitudinally thereof and including an article receiving compartment adapted to be situated at the outer side of said wall clear of the housing in response to outward sliding movement of the. pass tray and to be situ ated at the inner side of said wall clear of the housing in response to inward sliding movement of the pass tray, a stop means wholly within said housing adapted to be engaged by an element rigid with an interior portion of said pass tray to limit the extent to which the pass tray can he slid outwardly, said stop means being adapted to be engaged by an element rigid with an exterior portion of said pass tray to limit the extent to which the pass tray can be slid inwardly, and a self-closing door pivotally mounted within said exterior end of said housing for movement to an open position when said pass tray is slid in outward direction and impinges on said door and to move to close said housing when said pass tray is slid in inward direction to position clear of said door.

3. A pass tray equipment comprising a horizontally disposed, open ended housing, a pass tray within the housing including an article receiving compartment adapted to be selectively situated clear of exterior and interior ends of.

said housing, complemental means upon the pass tray and the housing supporting said pass tray for slidable movement longitudinally of said housing, and a self closing door pivotally mounted within said exterior end of said housing for movement to an open position when said pass tray is slid in outward direction and impinges on said door and to move to shut oiif the exterior end of said housing when said pass tray is slid in inward direction to position clear of said door.

4. A pass tray equipment comprising an open ended passageway through a wall, a pass tray slidably supported in said passageway including an intermediate portion of the pass tray providing an article receiving compartment adapted to be situated at the outer side of said wall in response to outward sliding movement of said pass tray and to be situated at the inner side of said wall in response to inward sliding movement of the pass tray, an exterior portion of said tray adapted to substantially close the passageway when the compartment is situated at the inner side of said wall and an interior portion of the pass tray adapted to substantially close said passageway when said compartment is situated at the outer side of said wall, and a spring operated, self-closing door shutting off the outer end of said passageway pivotally mounted at said outer end of said passageway for movement to an open position when said pass tray is slid outwardly and impinges on said door and. to move to shut off the outer end of said passageway when said pass tray is slid in inward direction to position clear of said door.

5. A pass tray equipment comprising an open ended housing, a pass tray within that housing including an intermediate portion of the pass tray providing an article receiving compartment adapted to be selectively situated clear of exterior and interior ends of said housing, an exterior portion of said pass tray adapted to substantially close the housing when the compartment is situated clear of the interior end of said housing and an interior portion of the pass tray adapted to substantially close the housing when said compartment is situated clear of the exterior end of said housing, means for limiting the extent to which said pass tray can be longitudinally moved in the housing, and a selfclosing door shutting off the exterior end of said housing pivotally mounted at a bottom surface of 7 said exterior portion of said housing for move- REFERENCES CITED to an Open poslPlon w Said; P tray The following references are of record in the 1s moved to cause said article receivmg comfile of this patent. partment to be situated clear-of said exterior end of said housing and thereby impinges on and 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS over rides said door to move to shut off the ex- Number Name Date terior end of said housing as said pass tray is 451,317 Carman Apr. 28, 1891 moved to be clear of said door and to cause 1,256,360 ohl n er, a1, Feb, 12, 1918 said article receiving compartment to be situated 1,458,202 stout June 12, 1923 clear of said exterior end of said housing. 10 1,654,692 Marois Jan. 3, 1928 Gassen May 21, 

